{"product_id":"engage-the-brain-games-language-arts-grades-6-8-paperback","title":"Engage the Brain: Games, Language Arts, Grades 6-8 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarcia L. Tate\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Corwin Press Classroom Activity Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReal learning can be fun with games for the brain!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eEngage the Brain: Games \u003c\/i\u003eseries offers practical activities that energize students, increase brain connections to content, and reinforce learning in a nonthreatening atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDerived from tested, research-based strategies found in the bestseller \u003ci\u003eWorksheets Don′t Grow Dendrites\u003c\/i\u003e, this book provides activities that incorporate games aligned with national academic standards for language arts, including reading, writing, language conventions, and listening and speaking. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will find brain-friendly activities that can be integrated easily into your lesson plans to inspire enthusiasm and help students achieve. Each game provides learning objectives, a comprehensive materials list, step-by-step guidelines for playing the game, activities for extended learning, and required reproducibles such as game cards, game boards, and scorecards. Discover favorites such as bingo, charades, relay races, and go fish applied to middle school language arts content in games like Five Alive Bingo, Grammar Charades, and Context Clue Capers. All games include a focus activity, modeling, guided practice, independent practice, and a closing. Students actively process content as they play existing games, and construct and design a variety of new ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse these engaging activities to supplement your curriculum goals in\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReading comprehension \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eListening and speaking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSentences and words with multiple meanings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWriting and editing \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage conventions, and much more!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatch your students thrive and grow with creative experiences that incorporate movement, teamwork, healthy competition, and interpersonal skills!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcia L. Tate, EdD, \u003c\/b\u003e is the former executive director of professional development for the DeKalb County School System in Decatur, Georgia. During her thirty-year career with the district, she has been a classroom teacher, reading specialist, language arts coordinator, and staff development executive director.\u003c\/p\u003e Marcia is currently an educational consultant and has taught over 500,000 administrators, teachers, parents, and business and community leaders throughout the world. She is the author of the eight books in the best-selling \u003ci\u003eWorksheets Don't Grow Dendrites \u003c\/i\u003eseries\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003efour additional books: \u003ci\u003eFormative Assessment in a Brain-Compatible Classroom: How Do We Really Know They're Learning?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e100 Brain-Friendly Lessons for Unforgettable Teaching and Learning K-8, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e100 Brain-Friendly Lessons for Unforgettable Teaching and Learning 9-12, \u003c\/i\u003eand her latest book, \u003ci\u003eHealthy Teachers, Happy Classrooms\u003c\/i\u003e that is designed to address both the personal and professional lives of all educators. Participants in her workshops refer to them as some of the best ones they have ever experienced since Marcia uses the twenty strategies outlined in her books to actively engage her audiences. Marcia received her bachelor's degree in psychology and elementary education from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned her master's degree in remedial reading from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, her specialist degree in educational leadership from Georgia State University, and her doctorate in educational leadership from Clark Atlanta University.  Marcia is married to Tyrone Tate and is the proud mother of three children: Jennifer, Jessica, and Christopher, and nine grandchildren: Christian, Aidan, Maxwell, Aaron, Roman, Shiloh, Aya, Noah, and Alyssa. Marcia and her husband own the company Developing Minds, Inc. and can be contacted by calling the company at (770) 918-5039, emailing her at marciata@ bellsouth.net, or by visiting her website at www.developingmindsinc.com. You can also follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @DrMarciaTate.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 10.85 x 8.53 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50382027784429,"sku":"9781412959278","price":30.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/EAQuPWrmUR9781412959278.webp?v=1785690073","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/engage-the-brain-games-language-arts-grades-6-8-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}